Ready to take your grant writing to the next level?

Ensuring your nonprofit is prepared for the highly competitive world of grant funding is critical. In this session, we'll help you prepare your nonprofit for grant writing success, understand where and how to find grant opportunities, launch the same process successful grant writers use for developing winning grant proposals. 

When your nonprofit is ready to find foundation partners for your fundraising campaign, the first few rounds of research can be daunting and overwhelming.  Competition is steep and research can be laborious and confusing. In this session, you'll learn where to find the right grants for your nonprofit and how to develop an assessment matrix that will streamline your research and help you craft better grant requests.

Once you're ready to start submitting grant requests for your nonprofit, it doesn't take long for you to realize there is SO MUCH INFORMATION. What do you need to keep track of and how do you keep it all organized?  In Session 3, you'll learn the most effective way to manage the many details of grants within a grant calendar that complements your overall fundraising strategy and works for you for years to come.

Tired of staring at blank grant applications with no idea where to start? Learn how to draft grant templates to help you streamline your grant writing, speak with a consistent voice throughout your campaign, and share your program with the right funders. With our unique template approach, you will be able to draft effective and efficient content to inspire grant-makers, save time and increase your likelihood of grant writing success, and combine heart-felt narrative with relevant data to make a strong case for support.

As a grant writer, it is your job to ensure your organization is painted in the best light possible.  Proving financial investment worthiness is just as important as demonstrating need with stories and data. In this session, you'll learn how to build a program or project budget to answer the questions most grant-makers have about your finances.  You'll also get tips and insight for building your organizational budget in a way that is best suited for grant writing success.  

Although very different from other fundraising vehicles, grant writing should complement your other campaigns and fit into the bigger picture of your annual or capital fundraising strategies.  In this final session, you'll learn how to draft cases for support and strategic plans that complement your grant writing, how to build grants into your existing or future campaigns, and how to build long-term relationships with grant-makers to successfully meet your fundraising goals year after year.